This is the trailer to the film "It's Wide Open" by Tony Roberts. Tony was a mentor of mine and we had a production studio together back in 1995 on 47th and ######. He is the man that started it all and is from Santa Cruz. Tony was a trend setter back then and pretty much put SC on the map with his filming skills.

"Yawn. So let me get this straight -- your mentor "started it it all" and "put Santa Cruz on the map", then got sick of the scene (he "started it all") ..."

"Chris Wilson is wrong. I started it all. Tony Roberts does what I say. I'm the original mentor. So there. "

"tony, honored to have you here. love your photography. this one caught my eye recently: "

A Powerlines Production.

"What's wrong with Chris sharing footage of local surfers? I, for one, am stoked he is sharing it. He didn't say anything negative in his post. What ..."

"word, kenny. i'm always stoked to see local footage. who made dakota the stokereport police?"

"Always nice to see video of some of my favorite spots working so well. Nice video, keep them coming."

Enjoy the visuals.

"The shot of the boat crashing through the lip is friggin awesome."

"those boats train at OB for heavy surf rescue. It is a Coast Guard vessel and if it flips then it just pops back up no worries. all the dudes are chai ..."

"Somehow missed this for a few days but it's so cool it's worth commenting on even now. Beautiful. I used to work with a former Coastie who said rol ..."

Feel free to make comments, vent and hate. We won't be fazed.

"i have a job. so there is no concern about opinion and political correctness. we make these videos (el granada and sf locals together) and sometimes t ..."

"@Wave Glider: i don't think it is just to promote. its like a rap battle. i think to myself, "oh these guys are going to show images of the beach and ..."

"I don't think the intent of Chris posting this video was any different than his other video post today (the Stone's Bolone's video), and you all seeme ..."

Just sending you folks another vid so you can start to learn who is who around here. I like the Lewis article.

"Not to just repeat my long rant in the other thread, but your perception of "who is who," while interesting, is not more accurate than the perception ..."

"My first board was a 6'0" Michael Barron shaped for Ragnar. I got it from Darin at the original Aqua Culture when I was about 10 or 11 in 1991, I thin ..."

"I think you're getting a little defensive madpie because Peter was born in Australia and Ragy grew up down the coast a bit, though both of them have l ..."

this is just another video segment. there are going to be tons more so ... hate or participate.

"Cool."

"thumbs down is the new cool. nostoke.com"

"you (chris) are a close second to Hal my friend"

I am a product of my environment. this is what i see.

"westside ... great ironic video. awesome surfing. had to watch the ride at 1:10 about 10x"

"I really hate it when guys try to intimate me on the lineup :( In the lineup is not the time to have a heart to heart and even less appropriate is th ..."

"@kooktastic: I'm emotional unavailable (plus my board is bigger than your board), you'd be better off trying to intimate a different surfer girl. I ca ..."